Ruth Rendell dies, worthy heir of Agatha Christie – ElHeraldo.hn

LONDON

Ruth Rendell, prolific writer of psychological thriller, died on Saturday in London at age 85, was the worthy heir of the grand dame of crime Agatha Christie.

This implacable observer of human weakness and contemporary English society was in critical condition since January suffered a stroke.

Translated into 26 languages ​​and author about 70 titles, Ruth Rendell has sold millions of copies and some of his titles have resulted in films such as “Live Flesh,” which led Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar movie with the same title or the work Illiterate, that the French Claude Chabrol reflected in “The Ceremony”.

Fans of whodunit that Rendell considered renewed style, as did PD James, the other star of the late British genre in November at age 94.

millionaire writer, covered with awards, was the title of Baroness British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his commitment to forty years in the Party Labor.

Short Hair, sullen face, sharp eyes under eyebrows “Gothic curves seem Argos,” according to one critic, Ruth Rendell years devoted his mornings writing before attending the afternoon sessions of the House of Lords.

Born February 17, 1930 in Woodford, on the outskirts of London, the daughter of teachers worked several years as a reporter for a local newspaper chain. According to rumors, he had to leave his post in Chigwell Times following an article about a dinner at the local tennis club in which he was not. The journalist did not mention the sudden death of a guest speaker that night.

Homosexuality, disappearances, deaths of children

In 1964, created the Inspector Reginald Wexford, the character of many other novels, it looked like a drop of water to his late father. Her investigations lead to enter the ills of British society. Domestic violence, racism and poverty

“I like to show society as it is,” he would say

This. series, located in the small nonexistent city of Kingsmarkham and comprising over 20 volumes, was adapted for television and broadcast for thirteen years.

“People do like my books, especially the police, because they are attached to the character of Reg Wexford. His life, his family, who have been built up over the books, passionate readers. If you think about it, the most popular stories in the world are those that have the destination families, the destinies of man evolving within a community, “he claimed.

And since he started writing always tried to investigate, understand why a human being can kill another or why the perversity and madness are inherent to individuals.

A Rendell was fascinated by the dark side of human nature.

Since 1964, Ruth Rendell began to have a High productivity:. a book every eight or nine months

Meanwhile, he began to write more psychological works, a sort of detective novels without police, in which the investigation had unless the circumstances that led to the crime, as well as other stories of suspense signed with the pseudonym Barbara Vine.

In his literary technique it made use of intertext, using literary classics to create, from them, new arguments, eg in Live Flesh (1986) which uses elements of Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment.

In some of his books as “The Wolf for slaughter” the writer knew to emphasize the gesture banal appearance will reveal the murderer or the victim.

Homosexuality, disappearance or death of children, the search for identity issues were often treated. “I am very interested passion aroused by children,” said the mother of a son who had two grandchildren. And the “literature gives little room for this feeling,” he believed this woman committed in the fight against illiteracy.